Racism has become a prominent feature for many communities (and unfortunately, it is still happening), not even at work, to think of it as a "natural" or "innate" trait. Indeed, this is the end of some evolutionary psychologists. Evolutionary psychology examines contemporary human behavior as to how our predecessors can benefit from their survival. If a property comes from day to day and becomes widespread, the genes associated with this property must be "selected" by evolution. According to this logic racism is an important point because the first people kept other gangsters away from their sources because of this behavior. Our predecessors, who share their resources with other groups, do not benefit much; This meant that they could only reduce their chances of survival. We might have increased our chances of reaching the resources by catching and suppressing other groups. According to Pascal Boyer, racism in these conditions is the result of "high-impact economic strategies" that "keep the other group members in lower positions with less benefit". Another related idea suggests that seeing their group as private or better helps the group to survive by increasing group solidarity.

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However, the majority of such ideas are shameless, "so" stories emerging in the context of evolutionary psychology. First and foremost, anthropologists working on contemporary hunter-gatherer tribes (which have done the same lifestyle as prehistoric humans and are therefore today's old specimens) often state that these people are not hostile to other groups. . These people are not inclined to see other tribes in their environment as competitors for food resources, to arrest them, or to prevent them from accessing resources. Today's hunter-gatherer groups have a more fluid structure with their changing members. Different groups sometimes establish regular relationships with each other by establishing close relationships with the marriage and keeping the group members closely related. It is unlikely to associate this behavior with racism.

Hunter-gatherers generally do not tend to have a regional location. There is no attitude towards a specific area or food source. Anthropologists Burch and Ellanna say that "hunter collectors are extremely flexible in their social and spatial boundaries, group memberships and geographical spread." There are also archeological records about this indifference in the world. The anthropologist Jonathan Haas is in prehistoric North America, "Anthropological record tells us that there is no property-based closure in the first hunters and collectors, but rather a clearer network of communication and interaction spreading across the continent". Such behavior does not match the idea of ​​"innate" racism.

Racism as the Mechanism of Psychological Defense

An alternative point of view is that a racism (and all xenophobic / xenophobic species) is not a genetic or evolutionary basis, but a psychological feature - a psychological defense mechanism, arising from insecurity and anxiety. Psychological Theory of Terrorism provides evidence supporting this idea. A survey shows that when people are warned about their own deaths they feel a sense of insecurity and anxiety and respond to this with a tendency to be more materialistic, ambitious, biased, and aggressive. In this case they respect more culturally accepted behaviors and define themselves as national or ethnic groups. According to the Theory of Terrorism, the idea that leads to these behaviors is to have a sense of security or to protect one's own death or to have a value or value in the face of death. I think that racism is a response developed from a wider perspective, worthlessness, restlessness or inadequacy.

It is possible to address racism in five ways as a psychological defense mechanism. This can be thought of as five different stages that extend to extreme dimensions of racism. First, if person identity or insecurity is felt, they will be asked to join a group to strengthen their identity and gain sense of belonging. Taking a larger formation than themselves and sharing a common cause with the other members of the group makes them feel more complete and important.

This is not a problem when assessed on its own. Why should not we feel proud and fraternal with those who share our identity with our national or religious identity? <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://pasdaspdka.000webhostapp.com/2018/08/psychology-of-racism </em><hr/></center>